Chap. 300.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6348 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, and to repeal section 6349 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to
appeals and writs of error. [H B 34)

Approved March 19, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
sixty-three hundred and forty-eight of the Code of Virginia be, and
the same is, hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 6348. When to be rejected; when appeal allowed; when
supersedeas awarded.—The petition shall be rejected when it is from
an interlocutory decree or order or if the court or judge to whom it
is presented deems it proper that the case shall be proceeded in
further in the court below before an appeal is allowed therein. In
all other cases where an appeal or. writ of error is provided for by
law, the court or judge to whom a petition is duly presented may
allow an appeal or writ of error, and in each case may award a super-
sedeas to stay proceedings in whole or in part. Upon presentation of
such petition, either to the court or any judge, counsel for the peti-
toner shall be afforded, if he so desires, reasonable opportunity to
state orally his reason or reasons why such appeal or writ of error
should be granted, provided that in all criminal cases where petition
ior a writ of error is presented the same shall be granted as a matter
of right. |

2. Be it further enacted that section sixty-three hundred and
forty-nine of the Code-of Virginia, and all other acts and parts of acts
inconsistent herewith, be, and the same are, hereby repealed.